Napster Tells Offspring To Stop Selling Bootleg Merchandise. Napster Inc., makers of controversial MP3 file-sharing software, slapped pop-punk band the Offspring with a legal order Friday (June 2) to stop selling merchandise imprinted with the Napster logo, a source close to the band confirmed ... A day
earlier, another source in the Offspring camp said that if Napster issued a cease and desist order, it would "expose a huge hypocrisy."